Antonio Claramount Lucero

Antonio Claramount Lucero was born on 13 June 1886. He attended the Military Polytechnic School from 1901 to 1903, after which, he became a sub-lieutenant in the Salvadoran Army. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1906; captain in 1908; major captain on 27 September 1911; lieutenant colonel on 27 July 1916; and colonel on 24 June 1920.^[1]

Claramount became the commander of the Salvadoran Air Fleet on 7 December 1927 after the previous commander, General Carlos Carmona Tadey, was fired for his involvement in the 1927 Salvadoran coup attempt. Claramount held this position until 15 May 1929.^[2] On 10 March 1928, he was promoted to general.^[1] On 28 May 1931, Claramount resigned as the military commander of the Usulután Department to run in the 1931 Salvadoran presidential election as the Progressive Fraternal Party's presidential candidate. Claramount was an "extreme conservative" candidate.^[3]: 42 Claramount finished in fourth place with 18,399 votes.^[4]: 287 Claramount claimed there was fraud and called for coup, but this did not materialize.^[3]: 47 Claramount was forced into exile by Brigadier General Maximiliano Hernández Martínez under the guise of launching a "communist sedition" after Claramount's supporters attempted to challenge Martínez in the 1935 presidential election.^{[5]: 382–383}

Claramount boycotted the 1945 presidential election in which he only won 165 votes and finished in third behind Colonel Osmín Aguirre y Salinas and winner General Salvador Castaneda Castro.^[6]: 86 Claramount died on 25 July 1975.^[1]

The following is a list of Claramount's military ranks during his career.^[1]

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Insignia	Rank	Service branch	Date of promotion
	Sub-lieutenant	Army	1903
	Lieutenant	Army	1906
	Captain	Army	1908
	Major captain	Army	27 September 1911
	Lieutenant colonel	Army	27 July 1916
	Colonel	Army	24 June 1920
	General	Army	10 March 1928

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The following table is a summary of Claramount's electoral history.